The Chargers will be without their only consistently effective pass rusher on Monday.

Outside linebacker Shaun Phillips has yet to practice and he is expected to miss the game at Kansas City due to a foot injury.

"I’m not as optimistic about Shaun," said head coach Norv Turner, who has maintained all week he felt Phillips would be OK to play by Monday.

Phiilips, who leads the team with three sacks and 7½ quarterback knockdowns and hurries, has started 61 consecutive games. That is the longest active streak on the team.

His rare absence comes in the same week the Chargers placed Larry English on injured reserve and leaves the team perilously thin at outside linebacker.

"You lose a guy that you look at as your best pass rusher and probably our most experienced player in terms of our front," Turner said. "Yeah, that’s a concern."

Only Travis LaBoy, Antwan Barnes and rookie Darryl Gamble are left at outside linebacker.

Injuries to others gave Gamble extensive playing time in the preseason, but he hasn't been active since the season opener. He might get something like his preseason load on Monday, but this time his playing time will come against actual NFL players.